Big Dog Names

Is your pup going to grow to be a 70lb hound or more? These big dog names are perfect for the giants of the dog world.

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• Alaska

  Meaning: Mainland
• Amazon

  Meaning: a large strong and aggressive woman
• Athena

  Meaning: The goddess of war, strategy and wisdom in roman mythology
• Attila

  Meaning: Brutal ruler.
• Avalanche

  Meaning: gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
• Babe

  Meaning: Death, destruction and run.
• Baby

  Meaning: Infant
• Bandit

  Meaning: A thief.
• Baroness

  Meaning: Title: Wife Or Widow Of A Baron
• Bear

  Meaning: Bear-like
• Beastie

  Meaning: Wild animal mascot.
• Beethoven

  Meaning: German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827)
• Beowulf

  Meaning: A hero and warrior who fought and conquered several monsters in Norse mythology.
• Bertha

  Meaning: Bright ing intelligent.
• Big Mac

  Meaning: Large hamburger sandwich.
• Bigfoot

  Meaning: large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada
• Biggie

  Meaning: Rap music legend.
• Blaze

  Meaning: Bright and shiny.
• Bowser

  Meaning: Fictional villain from Nintendo's Mario franchise.
• Brando

  Meaning: Sword
• Brawny

  Meaning: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
• Bruiser

  Meaning: Brawny and tough.
• Brutus

  Meaning: Bad.
• Bubba

  Meaning: Nickname for a boy in the south of the US; a slow moving individual.
• Bull

  Meaning: Male bovine animal
• Bully

  Meaning: A ruffian; someone who threatens those that are weaker.
• Burly

  Meaning: muscular and heavily built
• Butch

  Meaning: Bank and train robber.
• Caesar

  Meaning: Salad anyone?
• Chewie

  Meaning: Chewbacca's nickname in the star wars franchise.
• Chief

  Meaning: a person who is in charge
• Chubbs

  Meaning: Large and cuddly.
• Chuck Norris

  Meaning: Legendary martial artist actor.
• Chunk

  Meaning: group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
• Cinder

  Meaning: a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
• Cleopatra

  Meaning: Glory + father
• Clifford

  Meaning: From the ford by the cliff
• Colossus

  Meaning: Bigger than average.
• Conan

  Meaning: Hound, Wolf
• Crash

  Meaning: Always on the couch.
• Cujo

  Meaning: Killer St. Bernard.
• Danger

  Meaning: A warning.
• Denali

  Meaning: Great One
• Diesel

  Meaning: Fuel; diminutive form of Matthias.
• Diva

  Meaning: A moody princess
• Duke

  Meaning: Leader, commander, governor of a province
• Echo

  Meaning: A mountain nymph in Greek mythology.
• Elektra

  Meaning: A Marvel character.
• Everest

  Meaning: Dweller On The Eure River
• Fang

  Meaning: Beautiful
• Genghis

  Meaning: Founder of Mongolian empire.
• Ghost

  Meaning: Breath, soul, spirit, being
• Giant

  Meaning: a person of exceptional importance and reputation
• Godzilla

  Meaning: Giant monster lizard.
• Goliath

  Meaning: A giant from the bible.
• Harley

  Meaning: Woodland, clearing.
• Hefty

  Meaning: large in amount or extent or degree
• Helga

  Meaning: Pious
• Hera

  Meaning: The queen of the gods and is the wife and sister of zeus in greek mythology
• Hercules

  Meaning: The son of zeus and the king of the gods in greek mythology.
• Hound

  Meaning: any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
• Hulk

  Meaning: A fictional characterr.
• Hunter

  Meaning: One who hunts
• Huntress

  Meaning: A woman who hunts in mythology
• Jabba

  Meaning: Jabba the hutt in star wars.
• Jinx

  Meaning: Edgy.
• Jumbo

  Meaning: of great mass; huge and bulky
• Justine

  Meaning: As in justice.
• Kahuna

  Meaning: Spiritual leader/teacher.
• Katniss

  Meaning: From The Hunger Games.
• King

  Meaning: Ruler
• Kodiak

  Meaning: brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia
• Kong

  Meaning: Bright
• Leia

  Meaning: From star wars.
• Liberty

  Meaning: Freedom
• Macho

  Meaning: used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
• Mack

  Meaning: Son Of...
• Magnum

  Meaning: As in magnum, private investigator
• Mama

  Meaning: informal terms for a mother
• Mammoth

  Meaning: so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth
• Marge

  Meaning: Pearl
• Marmaduke

  Meaning: Lovable giant dog.
• Maverick

  Meaning: Rebellious.
• Maximus

  Meaning: Greatest
• Meatball

  Meaning: ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth
• Medusa

  Meaning: The most famous of the monster figures known as gorgons in greek mythology
• Midnight

  Meaning: 12:00 AM
• Moby

  Meaning: Created Name
• Monster

  Meaning: (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
• Moose

  Meaning: Largest Species In Deer Family
• Mountain

  Meaning: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
• Mystique

  Meaning: An air of mystery
• Nugget

  Meaning: a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
• Nyx

  Meaning: Goddess of the night in greek mythology
• Olga

  Meaning: Holy
• Onyx

  Meaning: Black Gemstone
• Paul Bunyon

  Meaning: Giant lumberjack legend.
• Peanut

  Meaning: Ground Nut Legume
• Porky

  Meaning: Fat, happy piglet.
• Pudge

  Meaning: Cuddly, chubby person.
• Rambo

  Meaning: A sylvester stallone character.
• Raven

  Meaning: Dark-colored.
• Rebel

  Meaning: Rebellious.
• Rex

  Meaning: King
• Rocky

  Meaning: Inspired by Rocky Balboa.
• Rouge

  Meaning: Red-Colored
• Rousey

  Meaning: Named after Mixed Martial Arts fighter Ronda Rousey.
• Sable

  Meaning: Cool.
• Sarge

  Meaning: As in sargent.
• Shamu

  Meaning: Killer whale mascot.
• Shaq

  Meaning: Basketball superstar Shaq
• Sheba

  Meaning: Queen of sheba.
• Shrek

  Meaning: Big green ogre.
• Smalley

  Meaning: American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)
• Spartacus

  Meaning: Rebel slave leader.
• Spike

  Meaning: Stingy or pointed.
• Squat

  Meaning: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
• Stallone

  Meaning: Strong, courageous, lion.
• Storm

  Meaning: To deliver a violent attack or assault. barrage.
• Sumo

  Meaning: a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
• T-Bone

  Meaning: A bone.
• Tank

  Meaning: Big.
• Teeny

  Meaning: (used informally) very small
• Tex

  Meaning: From Texas
• Thor

  Meaning: God of lightning and thunder in norse mythology.
• Tiger

  Meaning: Powerful Cat, Tiger
• Titan

  Meaning: Greek giants.
• Trooper

  Meaning: One who endures adversity; a brave or stalwart person
• Tyson

  Meaning: Firebrand; son of Denis.
• Ursula

  Meaning: From the little mermaid.
• Vader

  Meaning: Father
• Vinnie

  Meaning: Diminutive Form Of The Name Vincent
• Vixen

  Meaning: Attractive and quarrelsome.
• Whale

  Meaning: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
• Whopper

  Meaning: something especially big or impressive of its kind
• Wolf

  Meaning: Wolf
• Xena

  Meaning: A warrior princess in greek mythology.
• Yeti

  Meaning: a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas
• Yukon

  Meaning: a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s
• Zeus

  Meaning: The king of all gods and men in greek mythology.

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